Robust credit ratings agencies are vital for the Australian economy, as the repercussions of their decisions are felt far and wide.

Product intervention powers apply across investment, insurance and credit products but it will never be easy for ASIC to prove the risk of “significant consumer detriment”.
Dan Himbrechts/AAP
February 11, 2018

Our financial regulators ASIC and APRA need a board of oversight, similar to what the UK has, to keep them in check.

Retail Food Group (RFG) Managing Director Andre Nell (right) and Chairman Colin Archer. The company has been the focus of the latest investigation into franchise problems.
Dan Peled/AAP
December 13, 2017